Vegan Quinoa Curry

There are three things I love about this recipe. First, that I used bean sprouts within the curry mixture and as a crunchy topping. Second; that it’s smothered in a Tahini sauce infused with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. And lastly that it tastes just like red lentil curry but with easily digestible quinoa.

I love including bean sprouts in a majority of my recipes for their health purposes. I try to sprout everything that I can, beans, nuts, seeds, legumes, who knows what else I would try to sprout if it were sprout-able. There are an excessive amount of reasons why I love sprouting, and I will be sure to share my reasons in a near future post. For now, let’s make some curry!

Vegan Quinoa Curry

Recipe Type: Vegan

Cuisine: Indian

Author: Sarah @ The Balanced Babe

Ingredients

3 cups cooked quinoa

1 1/2 tbsp red curry paste

4 shavings of ginger

1 can of coconut milk

1 package of bean sprouts

1 white onion

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 tsp of garlic powder

2 tbsp coconut oil

4 tbsp tahini

1 lemon

1 tbsp olive oil

1 cup of spinach

Instructions

In a sauce pan, heat up 1 tbsp of olive oil, chop the white onion and garlic, and saute until both are translucent.

In a larger sauce pan on low heat, heat up the cooked quinoa, and stir in the coconut oil, coconut milk, red curry paste and onion and garlic.

Simmer for about 5 minutes, then add the bean sprouts, ginger and spinach, simmer for another 5 minutes.

Once the sprouts and spinach are slightly cooked, remove from heat and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, mix together the 4 tbsp Tahini, lemon juice from 1 lemon, garlic powder and 1 tbsp of olive oil.

Serve 1 cup of quinoa mixture on a plate, drizzle with the tahini mixture, and top with bean sprouts.

Enjoy!

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You can double the ingredients to make a larger batch so that you can save some for leftovers. This is also a great recipe served chilled, which is great for work lunches. If you want more protein, you can pack marinated tofu, and steamed broccoli in with this quinoa curry for a power micro bowl!